AVID Focused Note-Taking

What is the ultimate purpose of having students do focused note-taking?

• Busy work

• To use as learning tool

• To help them retain important information

• All of the above

How many phases are there in Focused Note-Taking?

• 7

• 5

• 6

• 4

What could students take notes on?

• Guest speakers

• Articles

• Video clips

• Pictures/Diagams/Graphs

What are students expected to do during the first phase of FNT?

• takes notes

• select a format to help organize their notes

• have an essential question or guiding question

• All of the above

What are students expected to do while they process their notes?

• Summarize

• Reflect

• Revise

• None of the above

When students connect with their notes they are expected to create questions about what they wonder or make statements about what the content reminds them of.

• True

• False